Editor’s Letter
This month’s restaurant
SPotlight Go wild at Rainforest Café, where you can expect to see (or hear!) waterfalls, thunder and lightning, rain showers, mist, wild animals and real tropical fish. The American and tropical cuisine reflects the exotic setting. Perfect for family meals and
Dear Grown-UP Munchkins , With schools closed over the Christmas holidays what on earth are you doing for the season? Nothing can kill the holiday spirit than visiting the best of London hotspots for your children. Little Munchkins is for all parents on the hunt for fun things to do with the kids! We’ve found all the attractions, both near and far, so you don’t have to! We can’t guarantee that it won’t be cold - but we can promise you some free and cheap activities for the kid’s Christmas holidays and great ideas for some family fun. This guide’s jam-packed with loads of places for you and the kids to go. Head down to Winter Wonderlanda festive family favourite as it returns to London’s Hyde Park this year or join Father Christmas and his lovable elves at Westfields shopping centre. Everyone loves a bit of smiles, laughter, magic and entertainment at
this very special time of year so visit “The Finest Toy Shop in the World” at Hamleys. If the fun doesn’t stop there take a walk down Westminster Bridge, see the sights and pop into Namco (Funscape) arcade. They’ve been getting into the spirit of the festive season (literally dreaming of fake snow) and are filling up their diaries quickly with all lovely Christmas party bookings for a Christmas bowling bash! Right, so where shall else can you go today?
Hands up for the London Zoo, hands up for Kew Gardens. Perhaps a mystical tour at Hogwarths in the snow or a stroll around one of our free
children’s birthday parties. National Museums. Are we in the mood for an adventure at Chessington, or something less strenuous like afternoon tea at Kensington Palace Organgery, or preferably involving arts and crafts at Pottery Cafe? We’ve come up with days out to suit all ages, tastes, budgets – whatever the time of year, and whatever the weather. Whatever you fancy, to be honest.
Dayna Dibua Munchkin In Chief
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2 Vauxhall Farm Vauxhall City Farm is a little piece of the countryside right in the heart of London with all the sights, smells, sounds and experiences of rural life this Christmas with your kids.
3 Delicious DessERTS
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Indulgent dessert houses made from the most of festive ingredients and a few nontraditional options. Every now and then, kids deserve a treat!
19 London Children’s Art Christmas Fair
20 Winter Wonderland
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6 Ho Ho Ho at Hamleys Toys and Games delivered at Hamleys this season. Children can’t wait for Santa to arrive with the presents.
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23 Pottery Cafe 24 Hogwarts in the Snow 26 Santa’s Grotto’s
8 Wintery Westfield SHOPPING SPREE
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Visit Santa and his elves in their new Grotto, complete with sparkling giant candy canes and a magical roof top village.
10 London Site-Seeing Christmas Tour 11 Barbican Children’s Library CelEBRATION
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The breakfast, brunch, lunch and afternoon tea parties are an unusual and charming variation at Kensington Palace Orangery.
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MERRY Memorial Playground
Chessington World of Adventures Little Hands Design Arts & Craft London Zoo Christmas at Kew Gardens
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What’s happening this Christmas at London’s Biggest Entertainment Centre?
Welcome TO FUNSCAPE!
Located next to the London Aquarium, London Dungeon and London Eye on the iconic Southbank of the Thames, Namco Funscape offers a huge amount of entertainment over three floors! There is plenty of video and aracde games to keep the whole fanily entertained. Namco is packed with the greatest video and arcade games for all ages. Everything from the latest thrilling driving games to dancing stages, skill based games and shoot-em-ups. You can win the must-have soft toys of the moment in the grabber machines, try the incredible simulators or bash a few annoying beings on the addictive whackers!
Do you wanna bowl? There are 12 lanes of fabulous Techno Bowling - for which you can bowl in your own shoes! Techno bowling lanes, a faster-paced game with shorter lanes. Want to take a quick break during the game? Each station has installed sweetie machines. Fab!
Techno Bowl From £5.95 per child per game
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‘Turbo Bumper Cars’! From only £2.50 per ride
Can Everybody Sing?
Namoke, is a private karaoke room is one of the latest editions to the array of facilities available. With an extensive range of songs to chose from, including the UK’s largest selection of Christmas chart songs you and your family can enjoy singing to your hearts content - without being heard outside! Under 12s have 2 for price of 1 entry!
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Consoles Soft Toys
Half Price Karaoke Christmas Special
Wesbite: www.namcofunscape. com
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Family Actiwvity Day- Dodgems, Bowling, Karaoke & Christmas Lunch
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Mon-Sun 11:30am - until late (under 16s) must be accompnied by an adult after 8pm.
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Tel: 0207 967 1066 Email: countyhall@namco.co.uk
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Address: Centre Management Suite, Unit 4006, Ariel Way, London W12 7GF
Westfield
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Address: 2 Stratford Place Montifichet Road, Olympic Park, London
Wesbite: uk.westfield.com/ london/
Wesbite: uk.westfield.com/ stratfordcity/
Bookings: Tel: 020 3371 2300 Email: westfieldlondonconcierge@westfield-uk.com
Bookings: Tel: 020 8221 7300 Email: westfieldstratfordconcierge@westfield-uk.com
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tart the day with your kids at Apostrophe with an English muffin egg pizza breakfast.- such a family favorite. Feed your children and get them around the shopping centre in a flash with these kid-friendly breakfasts. Wonderful way to begin the day with a milky holiday seaon homemade nonalcoholic eggnog.
9:30am Have the kids run around in the indoor adveture soft play area. An exciting indoor adventure play area with facilities including, a multi-level play frame with high level rope bridges and a drop slide down to soft ball areas. Under 12s only.
find a stylish party outfit or browse gift ideas for friends but don’t forget the kid’s wanna have fun too!
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Be merry and bright for this festive season at Westfield’s stunning and stylish collections for Christmas 2014. Whether you’ll be looking to decorate your home, light up your Christmas tree,
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his Christmas is going to be truly special at Westfield stores.Visit Santa and his elves in their new Grotto, complete with sparkling giant candy canes and a magical roof top village. The whole family will enjoy the all-digital, 5D personalised Christmas animated story that tells the tale of Elbow the Elf, and how he saves Christmas with the help of all the children in the grotto. Each child’s name and picture will feature in the Pixar quality film as the 5D experience bursts into life with the added dimensions of wind, lights and magical elf dust! Every child who visits Santa in his new grotto will receive a special gift.
of the most magical locations you’ll see all season. With fairy lights, hanging presents and Christmas trees set to the backdrop. A trip to an ice rink is a mustdo for you and the kids.
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Evening treat anyone? “Its never too cold for icecream!”, screams the little munchkins! Take the kids for an icecream at Fenton’s,they’ll give you and the whole family delicious, natural gelato with a friendly smile.
It’s lunch time! With over 60 places to eat and drink, keep the kids stuffed at Westfield and have them discover some of the different Christamas traditions from around the world.
Playworld at Westfield is a speciallydesigned play area for children 5 years and under. Sign up your kids to hours of fun while you contine with your Christmas shop.
“With 55 flavours of ice cream, traditional sundaes, thick milkshakes and hot 3:00pm Belgium waffles.” Check out the sticky-fingered goodies
Whether you can dance on ice like a pro or simply scramble around like Bambi, the Westfield’s indoor ice rinks are some
of the best cold stuff this Christmas.
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Keep the kids amused from only £1.75* on selected movies for 12 days of Christmas at our Vue Cinemas *3D movies £3.00. Take the teenagers along Teens between 13 - 18 get up to 50% off tickets during this blissful period too with our Junior Joyful offer only at Westfields.
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Pizza Express at Westfields is offering fantastic Christmas deals with a starter, side, main and dessert plus some extra drinks and treats for you and the little ones. Making a mess and playing with food is the order of the day. There’ll be fun and games, everyday from 8pm onwards, plus the chance to create their very own pizza. Contact your nearest store or visit the concierge desk to make a booking.
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Pop along to the Build-A-Bear Workshop, where best friends are made for the christmas. Get the kids involved in an interactive furry friend entertainment experience. You can choose teddy bears, bunnies, dogs and other furry friends to make. Then, give it a unique personality with hundreds of teddy bear sized outfits and teddy bear sized accessories, too. Plus, you can make the perfect personalised gift by adding a sound or even a message you record.
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to play with. A resin that comes in a tube, just put a small blob on the end of the pipe and blow
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- you can make your own balloons or a long lasting bubble. Unlike real balloons, Magic Plastic Balloons don’t burst - if you get a hole, just pinch it together to seal it up. With the freshly blown balloons, you can create any shape you want.
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Turbo Twister
Introducing this years must have car...The Turbo Twister! The coolest and craziest car in the world!Watch it speed around as it flips, twists, turns and spins as it sets the night alight with its ultra bright LEDs!There are 1000s of magical tricks to perform and master with this super fun remote controlled car. The Turbo Twister is built to survive the roughest of rides, so bash it and crash it until your hearts content- It’s much faster than Santa’s sleigh!
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Christmas only comes round once a year so make it magical with discounted magic sets, magic kits & magic tricks at Hamley’s toy store.
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Dress up and build your own tinsel town with holiday accessories from LEGO. With seasonal lego pieced editions for kids, plus décor and gift wrap, you can celebrate the holidays in style.
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